Report: Injured OZZY 'Joking And Moaning', Says Daughter KELLY

December 10, 2003

Ozzy Osbourne is on the mend after a quad bike accident and must be feeling better because he has started moaning about the nurses, his daughter Kelly says, according to Reuters.

But doctors have said that Osbourne, who fractured eight ribs and a vertebra in his neck, will have to stay on a ventilator for at least the next 24 hours. "He is comfortable and stable," a hospital spokesman said on Wednesday.

Kelly, who recently recorded the BLACK SABBATH track "Changes" with her father, told reporters: "He woke up today. He couldn't talk because of the tube in his mouth but he was able to mouth words. He told us that he loved us."

The tearful Kelly did manage to laugh when she added: "He has been complaining about the nurses so we know he's all right. He gave me the 'thumbs-up' and stuck his tongue out at me."

Asked about how the accident happened, Kelly said: "He was in a field and there was grass covering a hole and the bike went in the hole and fell on top of him."

Osbourne, who has mellowed from wild man of heavy rock to comical much-loved star of his reality TV series "The Osbournes", underwent emergency surgery after the crash on an all-terrain bike at his English country estate.

Dick Jack, medical director of the hospital treating Osbourne, said: "He is not yet ready to come off the ventilator and will stay on it for another 24 hours at least."

"He has made contact with the medical and nursing staff. He is fully aware of where he is and why he's here."

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